Photos: Celebrating Alaska Day

Posted: Tuesday, October 21, 2008

By CHARLES L. WESTMORELAND / CAPITAL CITY WEEKLY

Ron Conklin, portraying Russian Naval Capt. Alexi Pestchouroff, accepts the Russian flag on Saturday after it is replaced by the U.S. flag atop Castle Hill in Sitka during a re-enactment of Alaska's Oct. 18, 1867, transfer from Russia to the United States.